Archive: 2011

11-06-30 An Eco-municipality and a Fairtrade City As an Eco-municipality for over 16 years, Sigtuna ensures a high priority is given to environmental and conservation issues. In 2008 Sigtuna also joined The Swedish Energy Agency’s program for a Sustainable Municipality, which works to systematically integrate the energy perspective into the daily work of the community which […]

11-06-29 Sigtuna hotels creates profitability and sustainable development through co-operation This week the Tällberg Forum is held in Sigtuna. An active work of sustainability, naturally associated to high quality and worthwhile offers, is becoming a more important component to attract meetings and conferences here. During the year 2010, Sigtuna became Sweden’s first climate neutral destination, as […]

11-06-27 Between 29 June and 3 July hosts Sigtuna of Tallberg Forum, an international meeting where delegates from around the world gather to discuss future issues. Several seminars and workshops take place at the Sigtuna Foundation. As a to the Tallberg Forum’s theme How can we agree to agree participate Sigtuna Foundation Art Project Imagine trees […]

11-06-23 The Tällberg Forum 2011 will take place on 29 June – 3 July 2011 in Sigtuna, Sweden, returning to the question “How on earth can we live together?” It will gather leaders and thinkers for a four-day conversation on the converging crises we face. The Tällberg Forum gathers around 400 delegates from all over the […]

11-05-05 Sigtuna celebrates Ingegerd – the Swedish princess who became a Russian saint, with her own day, June 4. The daughter of the king Olof Skötkonung, Ingegerd, who grew up in Sigtuna, became a Grand Princess of Kiev in her marriage with of Yaroslav I the Wise of Kiev. The marriage became child rich and five […]

11-02-14 The air traffic control tower, VIP Service, the chapel – or why not a real jumbo jet? Some 450 couples chose Stockholm-Arlanda as the setting for their wedding last year. Same-sex weddings were an option for the first time in 2010. It is popular for people to give their honeymoon precedence at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. In […]

11-02-01 Last year, 1.4 million travellers visited the Arlanda Visitor Center in Terminal 5 at Stockholm-Arlanda, which is an increase of 60 per cent compared to 2009. As a result, the airport is the most frequently visited tourist information centre in Sweden. “The target for 2010 was to get one million visitors. The 60 per cent […]